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The SouthEastern Connecticut Regional Youth Theater was organized in January 2002, originally at The Brenda Kerr Theater (BKT).
The BKT reorganized in 2006 to become The SECRYT.
SECRYT Principals:
Elizabeth C. Rummel, Co-Director
Leland E. Rummel, Co-Director
The SouthEastern Connecticut Regional Youth Theater Mission Statement:
In recognizing that participating in and/or contributing towards the various aspects of the production of live theater can be an exhilarating and rewarding experience, inspire confidence, promote teamwork, bring diverse groups of people together for a common goal and facilitate the expression of one’s self, SouthEastern Connecticut Regional Youth Theater (SECRYT) shall provide children, youth and young adults throughout Eastern & Southeastern Connecticut with an environment and opportunities in which they can learn, practice and apply the performing, administrative, operational, technical and managerial disciplines of the dramatic arts of live theater. The SECRYT shall invite families, visitors, residents and members of the private, public and political sectors in the regions to work together to promote, enhance, encourage, support and celebrate the accomplishments of the children, youth and young adults who participate in all aspects of its theater programs. 
Tuition Fees, Field Trip Fees and Performance Ticket Purchases: Please note our sales & refund policy: 1) all performance ticket sales are final. Refunds are not granted for the sale of tickets for performances nor are exchanges for future performances allowed; 2) a refund of 50% of a tuition payment made will be paid to a student if he/she withdraws from a session for which they have registered/paid for when the withdrawal occurs anytime prior to the calendar day on which the session is scheduled to begin; 3) tuition payments are non-refundable any time on or after the calendar date on which the session is to begin; 4) field trip payments are non-refundable nor are exchanges for future field trips allowed;  5) should the SECRYT cancel a session, field trip or remove a registered student from a session or field trip roster, the SECRYT shall refund 100% of all payments accordingly. The SECRYT charges $25.00 for returned checks. (V3-081406)
Summary – Collective Experience
Years of Experience for SECRYT Principals: 9
Total Public Productions: 25 (with approximately 92 performances
Total Workshops: 38 (since 2002)
Total Students/Cast Members: 1003
Communities served by the SECRYT and/or its principals since 1997:
Amston, Andover, Ashaway (RI), Baltic, Bozrah, Canterbury, Colchester, East Lyme, Frankliin, Gales Ferry, Gilman, Griswold, Groton,Hampton, Hebron, Jewett City, Johnson (VT), Ledyard, Lisbon, Mashantucket, Moosup, Mystic, North Providence (RI), New London, Niantic, North Franklin, North Stonington, Norwich, Oakdale, Old Lyme, Old Mystic, Pawcatuck, Preston, Salem, Stonington, Storrs, Taftville, Uncasville, Versailles, Voluntown, Waterford.
Summary
Theater and all of its disciplines should be available to all children of all ages all skills levels.  We passionately believe The SECRYT fills a gap in our region by being a theater that is totally committed to the development of these skills in children, youth and young adults – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 12 months a year. 
Musicals/Comedies/Dramas for youth that the SECRYT or its principals have produced to date:
(ELCT=East Lyme Children's Theater/BKT=Brenda Kerr Theater/SECRYT=SouthEastern Connecticut Regional Youth Theater/SBT=Spirit of Broadway)
The Rose & The Ring, 5/08 (Lee Rummel, Director-Fitch Senior High School, Groton, Ct.);
Fairy Tale Courtroom, 4/08 (SECRYT/ELCT);
The Effect of Gamma Rays On Man-In-The-Moon Marigolds, 11/07 (Lee Rummel, Director-Fitch Senior High School, Groton, Ct.);
Godspell, 5/07 (Lee Rummel, Director-Fitch Senior High School, Groton, Ct.);
Peter Pan, 3/07 (SECRYT/ELCT);
Believe!, 12/06 (SECRYT);
Once On This Island Junior, 7/06 (SECRYT)
The Princess & The Pea, 3/06 (ELCT)
Romeo & Winifred, 12/05 (Lee Rummel, Director-Fitch Senior High School, Groton, Ct.)
Into The Woods Junior, 7/05 (SBT Norwich)
Grease, 5/05 (Lee Rummel, Director-Fitch Senior High School, Groton, Ct.)
More Aesop’s Oh So Slightly Updated Fables, 12/04 (BKT)
A Christmas Carol, 12/04 (SBT)
Godspell Junior, 7/04 (SBT)
Fairytale Courtroom, 6/04 (BKT)
The Emperor’s New Clothes, 3/04 (ELCT)
A Christmas Carol, 12/03 (BKT)
Twinderella, 3/05 (ELCT)
The Liberated Cinderella, 3/03 (BKT)
Aesop’s Oh So Slightly Updated Fables, 3/03 (BKT)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 3/03 (ELCT)
The Prince and the Pauper, 3/02 (ELCT)
Jungle Book, 3/01 (ELCT)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, 3/00 (ELCT)
Wizard of Oz, 3/99 (ELCT)
Finn McCool, 8/98 (ELCT)
Hearts, Tarts and Valentines, 8/98 (ELCT)
Charlotte’s Web, 3/98 (ELCT)